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Items by Dr Sarah Marusek
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Breaking a culture of silence, public figures increasingly voice support for Palestinian rights
As Israel’s brutal assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continues unabated, the number of people voicing their support for Palestinian rights is increasing, including Western politicians and even celebrities. By speaking out for justice in Palestine, public figures also face a harsh backlash from pro-Zionists, but it seems...
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People around the world mobilise for Palestine
As Israel’s latest onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continues to escalate, hundreds of thousands of people around the world, perhaps even millions, are taking to the streets in support of Palestine. Some are protesting for the very first time, while others are gathering in defiance of the...
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New London exhibition reveals daily life in Gaza
A new exhibition aiming to shed light on the daily lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has opened at the P21 Gallery in London. The exhibition, called GAZA, features the work of six different artists and will be accompanied by a series of film screenings, performances, lectures and debates...
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Israeli apartheid week takes US campuses by storm
Throughout the months of February and March, students and activists around the world are organising activities for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which aims “to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system” and to build support for the “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign as part...
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Palestinians call for protests against US military aid to the Israeli occupation
Since the US-sponsored peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel recommenced last summer, Israeli forces have: authorised the approval of several thousand illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories; launched the construction of twice as many illegal housing units as in the previous year; forcibly dispersed a peaceful protest...
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Rejecting the 'good Muslim, bad Muslim' framework
Writing back in 2002, scholar Mahmood Mamdani astutely remarked that after 11 September, Western publics and their leaders, like former US President George W Bush and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, propagated the idea that “Islam must be quarantined and the devil must be exorcised from it by...
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The struggle for collective rights unites all Indigenous peoples from North America to Palestine
The UN has declared 2014 to be the “Year of solidarity with the Palestinian people”, a move that reflects the rising level of international support for equal rights and justice in Palestine. But while this is certainly a welcome development, we must also recognise that the liberal framework underpinning...
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Terrorism, nationalism and neoliberalism
States are increasingly employing the hegemonic discourse of “terror” to justify collective punishment, the dehumanisation of perceived enemies and the discrimination against communities based on their race or religion, as well as to deny political rights to oppressed groups. In nearly every context, this imagined war on “terror” promotes...
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Marching for dignity: Thousands take action against the occupation of Palestine
Gaza – 46 years ago this month, Israel seized East Jerusalem, the home of many significant holy sites for Muslims, Christians and Jews, as well as the proposed capital for any future Palestinian state. Since then, Israel has increasingly undertaken measures – the placing of restrictions on Palestinian movement,...
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An Insight into Palestinian Resilience in Gaza
In the eyes of many Westerners, Gaza is a dangerous and war torn place. Even activists, including myself, often imagine Gaza primarily as a place of suffering, and one that has unfairly come to eclipse the affliction of all of Palestine. But while Israel’s wars of aggression against the...